Indian High Commissioner in Dhaka Pankaj Saran on Sunday said Bangladesh, India and Myanmar have enormous potentials to get benefited mutually by working together going beyond the bilateral relations.
He said Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Bhutan have made a significant breakthrough in sub-regional context in the last two years.
“Similarly, the potential for cooperation between Bangladesh, India and Myanmar is something which remains untapped,” the Indian envoy told an international symposium in the city.
Dhaka University, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Research and Development Collective and India-Bangladesh Foundation jointly arranged the event at DU Senate Bhaban with DU VC Prof Dr AAMS Arefin Siddique in the chair.
Foreign Minister AH Nahmood Ali spoke at the inaugural session as the chief guest. Myanmar Ambassador in Dhaka Myo Myint Than, also spoke at the event.
Mentioning that both Bangladesh and India share borders with Myanmar, the diplomat said they have a lot of stakes in terms of peace and stability.
He said the maritime verdicts related to three countries have opened fresh opportunities for cooperation in many areas, including energy.
Saran said the three countries will also have to lay emphasis on trade, tourism, connectivity – air and seaway apart from cultural ties and people-to-people contact.
He said they need to identify the interests and merge those interests among three countries for moving forward so that the three countries gain equally.
The Indian diplomat, however, said all cooperation will have to be based on a consensus. “Potential for cooperation remains vast and lots of works still need to be done.”
